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    • Greenspaces for green energy

      Greenspaces for green energy

      Greenspaces for green energy

      Greenspace is the urban ecosystem – protecting our biodiversity, our physical and our mental health.

      Greenspaces are also, according to Scotland’s parks and greenspace charity, greenspace scotland, a potential source of local green energy.

      ParkPower is a Scotland-wide pr...

    • OS working with DECC to secure affordable energy supplies

      OS working with DECC to secure affordable energy supplies

      OS working with DECC to secure affordable energy supplies

      Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) works with Ordnance Survey (OS) to make sure the UK has secure, clean and affordable energy supplies.

      DECC has combined data from a number of different sources to create the National Energy Efficiency Data-Framework (NEED) which is used to eff...

    • OS finding smarter energy solutions for Milton Keynes

      OS finding smarter energy solutions for Milton Keynes

      OS finding smarter energy solutions for Milton Keynes

      Supporting local economic growth in Milton Keynes with geospatial data.

      Ordnance Survey (OS) provides geospatial datasets to help the MK:Smart Future Cities project in Milton Keynes.

      MK:Smart Future Cities project (MK:Smart) is a large collaborative initiative, partly funded by HEFC...

    • Optimising meter reading with intelligent routing

      Optimising meter reading with intelligent routing

      Optimising meter reading with intelligent routing

      Morrison Data Services (MDS) is the largest independent multi-utility metering services company operating in the UK. It supports critical energy and water providers including British Gas, EDF, Thames Water, and Southern Water. With over 50 million energy and 9 million water meter readings made an...

    • Remote solar panel assessments underpinned by OS data

      Remote solar panel assessments underpinned by OS data

      Remote solar panel assessments underpinned by OS data

      Absolar, an OS Associate Partner specialising in renewable energy management, helps end-users enhance their sustainability and energy efficiency by identifying the ‘solar potential’ of a given location. 

      Its technology and services can remotely survey properties, to determ...

    • Sustainable homes, with Southern Housing

      Sustainable homes, with Southern Housing

      Sustainable homes, with Southern Housing

      Southern Housing is one of the largest housing associations in the UK, owning and managing over 80,000 homes across London, the Midlands, and the South East.

      A not-for-profit housing provider, its social purpose is the foundation for all its work. Southern Housing is determined to maximise...

    • SSE uses OS MasterMap to maintain 48,500km of powerlines

      SSE uses OS MasterMap to maintain 48,500km of powerlines

      SSE uses OS MasterMap to maintain 48,500km of powerlines

      Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) maintains 48,500km of high-voltage overhead power lines supported by wooden poles in Great Britain.

      Ordnance Survey (OS) helped SSE to locate problems more efficiently, without the need for multiple site visits, as described in this case study.

    • Simplifying planning to speed onshore wind generation

      Simplifying planning to speed onshore wind generation

      Simplifying planning to speed onshore wind generation

      With the Scottish Government's ambitious targets for increasing renewable energy generation up to 2020, Scotland’s onshore wind generation will continue to grow.

      This case study shows how effective guidance, utilising spatial data, can help local Government Authorities to deliver thi...

    • DECC predict smart meter network coverage

      DECC predict smart meter network coverage

      DECC predict smart meter network coverage

      This case study describes how Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) worked with Ordnance Survey (OS) as part of its Smart Meter 868MHz HAN trial to predict the number of premises at which a 868MHz HAN solution would work.

      Through this OS supplied a tabular, spatially-derived datas...

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